Human Life, Intimacy and Awe

Psalm 139 is one of the most profound writings in scripture on God "knowing" those he created - which is each and everyone of us.  This psalm defies religious beliefs and cultural boundaries; it speaks to those who love Him and those who choose not to walk with Him. 
David acknowledged God's intimacy with him from before birth.  Long before David could choose God, God had chosen David.  What an incredible truth!  As you read through David's prayer notice that he is overwhelmed by the realization that God created and knew him even before the womb AND that God still knows him intimately.  As David sits in the presence of God, he voices his awe and deep devotion to the God of his life.  Please pray though the Psalm 139 below and as you pray consider how your view of yourself and others will be changed today.  
Blessings,
Carol

Lord,
I acknowledge that you knew each of us  before we were formed.  This is such an incredible thought that my mind can't fully comprehend it.  Father, help us understand the intimacy of life with you.  Help us to see ourselves and others with your eyes.  Draw us to you in ways we have not yet experienced.  

Psalm 139

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
    ²You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
         You understand my thought from afar.
    ³You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
         And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    ⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue,
         Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
    ⁵You have enclosed me behind and before,
         And laid Your hand upon me.
    ⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
         It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
    ⁷Where can I go from Your Spirit?
         Or where can I flee from Your presence?
    ⁸If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
         If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
    ⁹If I take the wings of the dawn,
         If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
    ¹⁰Even there Your hand will lead me,
         And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
    ¹¹If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
         And the light around me will be night,"
    ¹²Even the darkness is not dark to You,
         And the night is as bright as the day
         Darkness and light are alike to You.
    ¹³For You formed my inward parts;
         You wove me in my mother's womb.
    ¹⁴I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
         Wonderful are Your works,
         And my soul knows it very well.
    ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You,
         When I was made in secret,
         And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
    ¹⁶Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
         And in Your book were all written
         The days that were ordained for me,
         When as yet there was not one of them.
    ¹⁷How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
         How vast is the sum of them!
    ¹⁸If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand
         When I awake, I am still with You.
    ¹⁹O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
         Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
    ²⁰For they speak against You wickedly,
         And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
    ²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
         And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
    ²²I hate them with the utmost hatred;
         They have become my enemies.
    ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart;
         Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
    ²⁴And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
         And lead me in the everlasting way.